The Romance of Travel

If you asked me what was my most romantic holidays experience, I will answer without hesitation and recall it in every detail: Marigot Bay Hideaway in St. Lucia. You get there ferried across 100 yards of water in a small motor boat. By itself it is a most romantic place, but in this case it was very special. We were on our first trip as a family, my partner and her 2 children. The management upgraded our room to the best honeymoon suite, two rooms with wrap around balcony on the edge of the bay, complements of the management. Cupid smiled on us then.

The boatman ferried us across and guests joked and shared our joy. Cosmos saluted with his fist against his heart, “respect” he said and invited us to sail with him around the bay. We kayaked as a family, snorkelled over the reefs, went sightseeing and stopped at some of the most breathtakingly romantic places on earth.

Places are romantic because of memories. Even simple things like sitting on the sunset terrace of Poinsettia Apartments in Saint Lucia overlooking the lagoon marine in the bay below, the sun setting behind the Golden Apple Tree; an orange dappled silhouette, can become lasting romantic memories.

To me St. Lucia is romantic, made complete by breathtaking scenery, by experience and by memories. Romance is a family sharing a discovery and the joy of being together to bond and explore; a new place, a culture, an experience and ultimately to understand each other and themselves.

Romance is a discovery and maybe discovery is a romance

Ask me which destination is the most Romantic and the answer in different. Travel and Places are by them selves Romantic even without a partner and without a memory. I recall Paris with its coffee shops and quaint streets, exotic names, the river running through the town, museums and art in every building, lovers holding hands, romance on every corner. One can travel to a romantic place and be touched by its sense of romance, partners optional.

“Partners optional” is true for dinner on the moonlight terrace at the Crane Beach in Barbados too, or just siting at a Yacht Club, alone on the beach, as the sun falls behind the yachts moored or anchored awaiting the next romantic adventure with the sea.

Sailing is romantic, the great open sea and sky, a tiny boat lost in oceans of wilderness, brings a sense of awe and connection. Sailing an old-time wooden schooner through the Grenadines in the clear blue Caribbean is romance of nostalgic proportions.

Life is less without Romance. It need not be intimate, but to feel close to another, to love and share is part of being whole. Alone one can reach out and sense romance in a place, a view, a setting, the moon on the ocean, the sun setting, the sun rise, the waves rolling, crickets signing; alone or with a special partner these moments are romantic.

Romance is an adventure, a mystery, exotic, wild, peaceful, tempting, dangerous, exciting and an escape. It is luxurious or unpretentious.

Contrast and extremes enhances the romantic experience. Combining camping with an occasional luxury hotel, gives greater meaning and depth to the romantic adventure.

Romance is a state of mind. Romantic holiday are now family affairs. Holidays to romantic places are as appealing to families, singles, groups, and business as they are to couples and honeymooners. Don’t wait for romance it is waiting for you. Pick up your partner and venture out to romance or just go on your own. A date with yourself is fine, share the moment with yourself, take a trip alone, you don’t even need an attitude to feel the romance of travel.


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